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No one alive today will see it again—the convergence of two cicada broods that will practically shake the Midwest with their chirping. The appearance of...

On this day 375 years ago, perhaps the greatest physicist the world has known, Isaac Newton, was born. Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, he invented his own calculus when he was 26 years old. An English mathematician, astronomer, and theologian, his book Principia, “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, formulated our understanding of the mechanics of motion and gravity, which dominated scientists’ view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. This farmer’s son also built the first practical reflecting telescope, and made pathbreaking observations in optics, figuring out that white light is really made of multiple colors. WATCH a cool video... (1543)

140 years ago today, Joseph Pilates, the German-American physical trainer who leant his last name to one of the most popular forms of exercise...

43 years ago today, "Sugar" Ray Leonard reclaimed his WBC Welterweight world championship in New Orleans after a masterful display that famously, infamously, left...

60 years ago today, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell, is set amid a...

24 years ago today, China successfully launched its Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit. The first Chinese craft designed to eventually carry humans made an 89-minute...

67 years ago today, the Indian government passed the States Reorganization Act, something the British really should have done themselves, which redivided large swaths...

A former NFL great recently surprised a single mother and her daughter with a brand new home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but it was...

20 years ago, NASA successfully launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer was the third infrared space telescope, but the first to use an Earth-trailing...

Economists told CNN recently that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is becoming such a massive phenomenon that it's having demonstrable impacts on the US economy...

Jeanette Davies saw two antique teddy bears on a stall at a yard sale in South Wales while browsing with her son Kyle. One might...

3 years ago today, China launched the Mission Tianwen-1, or "Heavenly Questions" to Mars, becoming the second nation to have a presence there. It...

Happy 52nd birthday to entrepreneur Elon Musk. Through his ambition, sleepless work ethic, and engineering brilliance, Musk has undoubtedly transformed the world for the...

A man who suffered 29 years in prison for the rape of his stepdaughter has finally been freed with the help of a local...

Happy 90th Birthday to Willie Nelson, the prolific American music icon who wrote his first song at age 7. He scored his first number-one...

Criminal justice reforms signed three years ago in the U.S. state of Michigan took effect last week, with nearly 850,000 residents seeing at least...

An adopted woman found her mother using a DNA site and Facebook after decades of searching, allowing her to meet her grandmother just days...

On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT—the...

20 years ago today, Gangs of New York premiered in theaters. Martin Scorsese's colorful and gritty depiction of gangland violence among the poor immigrant residents of...

On December 10th, teammates and fans of Northwestern State sounded their applause when their new freshmen basketball player scored his first points for the...